Freight handling system



July 19, 1932.

C. D. YOUNG FREIGHT HANDLING SYSTEM Filed Nov. 8. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a W Y. Q w @M W Y m u D i. r 5 E in E m Y E" r W 2 E a I IN I" I an I I x: g 3

July 19, 1932. c. D. YOUNG FREIGHT HANDLING SYSTEM Filed Nov. 8. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l N VEN TOR. 620%; 55 D. You/v6,

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Patented July 19, 1932 Q cminnns n1 Youivo, or finvnnronn, rnNNsYLvANI i rimienzr manure SYSTEM,

Application filed lioveinber s, 1929; semi Normand.

The present invention relates to the handling of freight and more particularly to the loading and unloading of. containers to and from a freight car and to and from a truck.

- 'In'the transporting and handling of contain ers such as are'intended forltransfer and delivery to auto trucks considerable time has been lost at way stations due to the lackof efficient facilities for carrying out loadiii g and unloading operations. For example, it

is quite general to have but one; container to be delivered at a articular station, and there-' fore the freight car carryingthat container must be brought adjacent thereceiving platform. This in itself is not a particularly difiicult operation but where the waystation is provided with receiving rails for transferring the container to a truck then objectional train shifting is required to properly .spot

(thatis align) the container with the pair of receiving rails. -The reverse of this opera. tion, namely; deliveringa' container from the receiving, rails to the freight, is attended with .the same dilficultiesas to thespotting.

Valuable time is thus lost and the 'costof handlinglis materially increased. Further more, where such loading: and unloading takes place from a maintrack it is especially imperative that the freight train do its load-' ing and unloading in aminimum time so that the .trackcan be cleared for through passengertrafiic.

Some of the objects of the present invention are to provide an improved container y able bogie frame 15, preferably of IV-bea n loading and unloading mechanism; to provide simplified means for transferring a freight container to and from'a freight car accurate spotting of a freight carina minimum of time; to provide a' receiving assembly for containers having an inherent flexin 'bility toineet different conditions at its place of use; toprovide meansqfor loading'and unloading a container whereby thes'top of a freight traina't a station-for 'si'ich loading form of blockfOrIvarying the loading and station and arranged in parallel relationto a' .railroad track 12 which-may be a main track,

track-lO is preferably in suchclose proximity to'the railroad track 1221s will nake the .transfer of containers 13 to a freightcar ,therear wheels of a vehicle 20, such as a f motor jtruck, upon the bogie frame; two

trough shapedrunways 21 are fixed trans- "versely of the frame 115"withajgaugegdis V tance corresponding to the gauge of vehicle "20K The side sills 16of thc framelifigare" {suitably recessed to seat the respective run T 100 p a freightcar with respect to a receiving sup- I port 5 to provide means adjustable lengthwise of a track for cooperation with the loading and unloading of a container upon and from a freight car on the track, and including means variable vertically for changing the -relation between the container andare'ceivng' support for such container; and to pro- 7 vide other improvements as will herein-after appearq v7 k,

' In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 rep resents a "plan of areceiving assembly embodying on'e form of thenresent invention; Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of a truck in :operati'verelation to a spotting truck beside arailroad track; Fig represen s a side elevationof one form of spotting truck embodying features of the present invention; and Fig. lsrepresents a; perspective of one unloading relation of a truck with respectto the spotting device.-

Referring to the drawings one form of the invention isshown Y comprising a length of track 10 having rails 11 located at a freight asiding ortern'iinal as the case may be. The

simple and easy as possible, l d

r The spott ngtruck ll consists of a suit-i from a spottingtruck let or vice versa,as

construction the side sills L6 ofwhich mount 7 front and rear pairs of wheels 17 ,torun upon the track lO. Also auxiliary wheels 18 are provided intermediate the'front and" rear For the purpose of supporting and guiding "in i ways 21 so that the vsupporting level of the runways is preferably just abovethe ground level.

In order to support alcontainer upon the i spotting truck 14 in position for ready transfer to a freight car, two' frames 22 are;

mounted as uprights transversely of the frame 15 and in parallel relation to the runways 21 but 'spacedapart to receive the width of the conveying vtruck 20, between them.,

The spacing apart of therfi'am'es 22,however,

is within the width limit of thecontainer carried by the truck so that when the latter leaves the space betweenthe frames 22 it's container ,Willbe left supported by horizontally disposed rails 23'lying in the same-horizont'al' oplane and respectively carried-by" and forming the top of the frames 22.

- As a means for automatically 'loading'and -unloading ajcontainer upon and from the vehicle 20,'*a pair of" transfer rails 24- are employed, each-of which is provided with two ramp sections 25 and 26 and an intermediate horizontal section-27; The height ofthehorr' zontal sect-ion 27 is such as to'bring' the level i of thefvehicle platform '28 above the level ficf the two rails 23-whereby, when the; rails 24am placed in alinement respectively with the runways 21, a vehicle hacking into i the J the rails 23, and then-down the ramp section 26 into the runways 21-F Thisdownward movement leaves the container 30 upon the "rails 23 and the vehicleflcan then be driven "out by first taking up the ramp transferlrails' 24 so thatthevehicle platform maintains a levellbe'lowthat of the'containeri *In-r'emovf ing a container the vehicle is run into the 4'57 runways 21' and the transfer rails 24: are then' placedinoperative position so that upon reversing the direction of the vehicle its platform willbe'raisedto pickup the container and c'arryitiaway as the vehicle leaves the transfer rails. Preferably each transfer rail '24 has-a recess 31 cutin the bottom'jat one end such that this end can seat in its rail 23 while maintaining the desired horizontal condition of the-face-27. I .7 v y f In connection with the transferrails'24 it 7 should be noted that these are portable and 7 therefore can be operatively placed wherever the .spottingtruck 14 is clocatedr This,"togetherwith thefact that the truck 14 can be run to any selected position uponits rails 10, 7 -'gives a wide range of operation and the-dc sired flexibility to the system;

a; freight train canbestopped'at astation -'without' any particular relation between any car and a loading orfunloading 'point'and 'ing meansu v I 2; Ina loading and unloading system, a

I the foregoingit will be evident that track, "vehicle receiving guide rails mounted transversely of saidfltruck, means carried by said truck for-*supportinga container, and

if hence the ordinary difiiculty of bringing a train to a'spotting position iseliminated, The

present spotting truck can take any convenient place-to'receive its container from a motor truck and thetransfer from one vehicle son of the portable ramp transfer rails 24 driven away, the transferrails canbe ree moved and the spottingtruck then moved along its track until it brings its container oppositethe place'u pon a freight car where it is intended to be placed for shipment. The; reverse of these Operations takes place when containers are to be unloaded from a freight car and once the'containers. are placed upon the spotting-truck, the latter can be moved to the place where the truck is to .be loaded or if 'thelocation is convenient, the transfer rails can be placed in position directly opposite the, unloading place and the truck there backed into the spotting truck to more direct- 1y receive its load.

While only a single form is shown in which: -=this invention may be embodied, it isto be unm V to the other is made automatically 'by reav i derstood that the invention is not limitedto any specific construction, but might be ap'-' plied to various forms without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or thescope of the appended claims.

railroad track, a spotting truck arranged to transversely of" said truck, means carriedby 'saidtruck for supporting a container, and

means associatedlwith said guide rails forcausing a vehicle to enter'said guide'ra'ils Y t with a variation in-the height of its platform' whereby a container risautomatically dei posited upon orremoved'from said-support- -;-110' 'Having thus described my invention, 1" claim: V V T.- p 1. In'aloading and unloading e system, a:

travel beside said track to. take a predete r-l min'ed position beside a} freight carv on said track, vehicle receiving guide rails mounted railroad track, a spotting truck arranged to 1 track, vehicle receiving guide rails "mounted matically eposited upon 'or removed from said supporting means. x I I 3. In a loading and unloading system,ac

:railroad track, a spotting truck arranged to travel beside said track to take a predeter c mined position'be'side' a freight car 'on'said railroad track, a spotting truck arranged to travel beside said track to take a predetermined position besides a freight car on said track, vehicle receiving guide rails mounted transversely of said truck, means carried by said truck for supporting .a container, and portable transfer means arranged to direct the wheels of a vehicle onto said guide rails.

5. In a loading and unloading system, a

railroad track, a spotting truck arranged to travel beside said track to take a predetermined position beside a freight car on said track, vehicle receiving uide rails mounted transversely of saidvtruc means carried by said truck for supporting a container, port-v able transfer means arranged to direct the Wheels of a vehicle onto said guide rails, and ramps on said transfer means for giving said vehicle a risingand falling movementat a predetermined place with respect to said supporting means.

Signed at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this 6th" day of November, 1929. a

v 7 CHARLES D; YOUNG. 

